Shop Darlington this holiday season and win
The Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association (DDRA) wants you to #ShopDarlington and #ShopLocal this holiday season! To encourage that, we are giving you a chance to win one of three $100 fuel cards. All you have to do is shop at Darlington businesses between Thanksgiving and Christmas, send us copies of your receipts with an entry form, and you are entered to win. Support our local businesses and our community. Multiple entries...
Hartsville Chamber hosts Economic Development Update Luncheon
The Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce will host a Economic Development Update Luncheon on Wednesday, January 31 at the Hartsville Country Club. Lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 12:15 p.m. Darlington County Economic Development Director Frank Willis will be presenting information on recent developments in the county while Ronald Carter of the North Eastern Strategic Alliance will delivering an...
Albright, Griggs, and Henderson’s to be inducted into Coker Athletics Hall of Fame
Coker College will induct Tim Griggs, Staci Albright, and Debra & Eldon Henderson into the Coker College Athletics Hall of Fame in February 2018. In a unanimous decision by the Coker Hall of Fame selection committee, Griggs, former director of athletics, soccer coach and associate professor, becomes the fifth member of the Coker faculty or staff to be inducted into the hall of fame. Albright, a standout softball and women’s...
Hartsville Fire Department accepting donations for Boots and Buckets for Kids annual program
Hartsville Fire Department is now accepting donations for its Boots and Buckets for Kids annual program, which assists Hartsville families with gifts for their children. Hartsville’s firefighters will collect donations beginning 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24 on Hartsville Crossing Boulevard, both at the intersection of South Fourth Street, near the Walmart Supercenter, as well as the intersection of South Fifth Street. The firefighters will...
Meet Duke Energy’s Jim Pritchard
By Page Leggett On Nov. 11, the country thanked and honored the people who served in the military in war and in peacetime. In the days leading up to Veterans Day, Duke Energy is highlighting someone from each branch of the service as a way of saying thanks to the 2,000 veterans who work for the company. All of the featured veterans have relatives who also served the country. Going into the military shaped Jim Pritchard’s life, and now...
Sheriff’s Deputy Sworn-in
On November 6, Darlington County Sheriff Tony Chavis swore-in Deputy Chris Orphan. Deputy Orphan has 18 years of law enforcement experience and previously worked with the City of Florence Police Department. Deputy Orphan is assigned to the Patrol Division.